The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-27

/ ANElSLlllt. ana Tue saw Hills arc ~ buoJ
G orge w Kinnie has been appointed
postmaster ut Natural Bridge, Walton
county.
The rev Baptist church at Oviedo was
COMPLETED last Monday and will be dedl-
Gated next Sunday, Oct. 30.
The Southern Express Company will for
ward supplies or money TO yellow fever sut-
ferers at Tampa free OF charge.
At Orlando building operations are about
to take a boom again. Several new houses
are talked of and contemplated.
Ground was broken at Sanford Tuesday
! for the brick building of Walter Tomlnson,
corner First street and Myrtle avenue.
Floridians have been granted patents as
! follows: George $. Lusk, Pomona, door
check; Charles f. Avery, Jacksonville, bot
| Ting gayogene.
The Methodist people of Oviedo are re-
pairing their church They are going to
add a belfry to it, which will be quite an
improvement and make it nice looking
building.
At st. Augustine, the Citizens Commit
tee met Tuesday, and reScnded Il former
resolution to hold ward meetings, and
agreed to hold a citizens mass convention
on Friday evening.
At Fruitland Park workmen are putting
in sash and doors TO the new Methodist
church and plastering will soon commence.
The church has cost 81, 200 just as it is.
When II is finished it will be the finest
church in Lake county.
John T. Dismukes, Treasurer of the Citi-
zens' Relief Fund of ST. Augustine, sent the
Mayor of Tampa S43 60, being u balance
unexpcnded from the Charleston relief fund
of last year. The relief committee is at
work, and have raised 500 additional.
- a. Al. -
$2S,000 and $50, 000 have been paid out in
Alachua county for rock, which is being
hauled TO Jacksonville, and from there
down TO the St Johns bar, where 1t is being
used in the construction of the jetties. The
points from which the most rock is being
shipped are Archer and Orion.
A shooting affray took place near Slog-
gets mills, at st. Augustine, Tuesday, be-
tween two negroes. named Burns and Ran
dali, in which the latter was shot through
the arm or hand The difficulty arose from
trouble between the wives of these men, and
finally tine sterner sex interfered and in
dulged in the feminine amusement with the
above result.
The largest orange ever produced in
Florida has been plucked from Gardner S.
Hardee's grove in Brevard county The
variety is known as the London Navel The
orange was 49, inches in circumference,
and weighed exactly two pounds and two
ounces This specimen was not a grape
fruit, OF pome, or any other overgrown
variety of the citrus family aside from the
orange, but was bona tide orange in every
respect.
Excitement was caused at Orlando Mon
day among the merchants, real estate agents
and dealers of every kind by the Sheriff APP
pearing with writs for failure to procure
licenses. The warrants were issued on the
information of the Collector of Revenue.
and@re made returnable to the November
term of the Criminal Court. There is said
to be about 100 writs already issued for per-
sons doing business in the county, and there
will be many more unless the license tax is
paid
A tall, lank Floridian, with Springfield
musket on his shoulder, has walked to
Mobile from near Pensacola, looking for a
man named Williams, who, he claims, stole
his wife, four children and all his money
and put out for Alabama. He located him
on farm between Healing Springs and
Bladen Springs, and purchasing an extra
supply of ammunition and bread he started
on his way there on foot. The distance
from Mobile TO the farm where Williams
is said to be is about 100 miles.
Four burly negroes walked into the store
of Dusenberry a. Ellis, of Lake Como. Mon
anu W WduI HObltIlE more ITldu
to find place in which to loiter. Mr..
Dusenberry was alone at the time and hav-
ing business to attend to went to his office,
near the rear of the store, and commenced
to write. The idea occurred to him that
the negroes might want something else, so
he slouched his hat over his eyes, and with
one eye on his visitors and the other on his
work he proceeded. In a moment more one
of the colored brothers reached for a box of
rim TOD 1.
self. Soon after Mr.. Dusenberry was called
by one of them and wanted Sc worth of
crackers. After waiting on him he walked
lelsurely to his back room, took two cartrid-
geS with him and came out with his trusty
gun in his hand. As he walked toward the
negroes he placed the cartridges in the gun
and ordered them out of the store: they
stepped out, when he said TO the man he saw
stealing, ''now take those cigars out of your
pocket and leave here as fast as your feet
will carry you, or I'll fill you full of shot. -
The man addressed made a spasmodic lunge
into his pocket with one hand and deposited
the weeds on a chair and departed i'll hot
haste without a word of argument. They
were easily convinced, and believed in obey
ing orders.
Lake Worth has just been startled by the
news of the horrible death of James f.
Hamilton one of the most worthy young
ne was Ju6 mar carrier on Til e
route between Lake Worth and Miami, and
was devoured by sharks while crossing
Hillsborough Inlet Mr. Hamilton was an
athletic young man, and carried the light
mail between the two places on his back,
walking the ocean beach the greater part of
the entire distance, which is over seventy
five miles. The dread of the mail carrier
or visitor TO Miami are the Hillsborough
and New River Inlets, which have to be
crossed by small boats Here the dark
waters of the everglades empty into the
ocean with tremendous force in the rainy
season, and if the ocean is rough,
the meeting of heavy seas against
the out-pouring current renders
crossing difficult and dangerous Sharks
abound III these inlets Mr. Hamilton set
out with the mail on Tuesday morning
from Orange Grove House of Refuge, and
was due at the New River station, twenty
five miles distant, in the afternoon, but
never arrived. The mail and his clothing
were found at Hillsborough inlet on tree to
which his boat for crossing was generally
tied, but the skiff was found on the other
side, where it had been taken and left by a
tramp, who had crossed some days BEFORE
Mr.. Hamilton doubtless attempted to swim
across the inlet for his boat, and met his
death in the attempt. No remains have
been cast up by the sea, and it is but too
evident that he was eaten by the monsters
which infest the place.